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Orlando Prosecutor to Review FBI Killing of Todashev

HeadlineAug 15, 2013

The top prosecutor in Orlando, Florida, says he plans to review the FBI’s fatal shooting of an unarmed Chechen man questioned for his ties to the Boston Marathon bombers in May. Agents were questioning Ibragim Todashev at his Orlando apartment when he allegedly tried to attack them. After multiple anonymous claims that Todashev was armed, it later emerged the circumstances were unclear. State Attorney Jeff Ashton says he has now received a preliminary Justice Department report on the shooting. Speaking during a visit to Florida, Todashev’s father said he wants justice for his son.

Abdulbaki Todashev: “I hope and pray that no mother and no father will ever have to endure and go through what I’m going through right now. My son was a very good boy, and he is innocent, and he was simply killed.”

The Todashev family is considering a civil action against the FBI. A recent exposé by The New York Times found that the FBI has cleared its agents in every single shooting incident dating back two decades.

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